Politics

Fareed Zakaria Is Stuck Somewhere Between 1950 and 1995

Anatol Lieven / Responsible Statecraft Mar 10, 2025 Like many foreign policy elites, the commentator cannot grasp that the multipolar world is here to stay. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Europe

German Elections Reflect Dramatic Shift From Postwar Political Order

Anatol Lieven / Responsible Statecraft Feb 25, 2025 The more the dominant-but-shrinking parties try to marginalize right-wing AfD, the quicker they sow stagnation and failure. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Military

Despite Ban, Germany Condones U.S. Transiting Cluster Munitions to Ukraine

Mary Wareham / Responsible Statecraft Jul 30, 2024 Berlin signed a ban on such weapons but is now being coy about the arms being stored and transferred from bases there. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

TD Original

Conservative Wave Hits Europe

Julian Mathews / Truthdig Jun 11, 2024 Right-wing parties surge in European Parliament Elections, shaking political establishments across the continent. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Europe

Did America Bomb the Nord Stream Pipeline?

Seymour Hersh / IMI Feb 9, 2023 The New York Times called it a “mystery,” but the U.S. executed a covert sea operation that was kept secret — until now, according to Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )

China Shuts Down Mount Everest Climbing Routes

The Associated Press Mar 12, 2020 A roundup of the latest news on the world's coronavirus pandemic. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Anti-Virus Measures Take Drastic Turns in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Italy

MATT SEDENSKY and LORI HINNANT /The Associated Press Mar 4, 2020 From religion to sports, countries are taking radical and increasingly visible measures to curb the coronavirus. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Global Markets Fall Sharply as Virus Cases Spread Past Asia

DAMIAN J. TROISE / The Associated Press Feb 24, 2020 The viral outbreak is threatening to crimp worldwide economic growth and hurt profits and revenue for a wide range of businesses. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Far-Right German Gunman Calling for Genocide Kills 9 People

DAVID McHUGH, DAVID RISING and FRANK JORDANS / The Associated Press Feb 20, 2020 The dead assailant leaves manifesto behind after rampage at hookah bar and surrounding sites near Frankfurt in act of domestic terrorism. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

America’s War on Dissent Began a Century Ago

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Feb 20, 2020 The roots of the our ruling class' disdain for protest movements can be traced all the back to World War I. Part 2 of a two-part essay. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Britain Belongs to the Far Right Now

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jan 31, 2020 Its divorce from the European Union begins with negotiations firmly in the hands of a leader uninterested in human rights or accountability. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Health Experts: Human-to-Human Spread of New Virus Worrying

KEN MORITSUGU / The Associated Press Jan 29, 2020 For a second day, the number of infections of the coronavirus grow dramatically. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )